The name KAWS, or Brian Donnelly, evokes iconic sculptures resembling Mickey Mouse with x-ed eyes. A multifaceted artist, designer, and pop culture icon, his distinct style emerged from his roots ...

From the streets of New York, this is how KAWS artist Brian Donnelly built a global legacy that now includes Thailand.

Brian Donnelly, a.k.a. KAWS, at the Drawing Center in SoHo ... His art, featuring Companion (resembling Mickey Mouse), BFF (Elmo), and Chum (the Michelin Man), is wildly popular even though ...

On January 1, three early Mickey Mouse cartoons entered the public domain in the US, and AI experimenters have wasted no time taking advantage of it. On Monday, a digital humanities researcher ...

An early Walt Disney movie featuring the first appearance of Mickey Mouse is among the copyrighted works from 1928 moving into the public domain on Jan. 1, 2024. But the cartoon creature who stars ...

Giving your mouse a certain kind of personality is also not copyrightable—hence horror-movie-Mickey. The plot thickens a bit when it comes to a color scheme. In Steamboat Willie, Mickey is ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Oh boy! It's time to celebrate Walt Disney's most iconic character, the one who started it all — Mickey Mouse! On Nov. 18, 1928, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks released the Walt ...

The copyright on Mickey Mouse expires today, meaning The Walt Disney Company no longer has the exclusive rights to the character. Does this mean you can put Mickey in your own cartoon? Not exactly.

Mickey Mouse has landed a new role: horror-movie villain. At least two films starring an early version of the Walt Disney Company’s famous mascot were announced this week as the copyright for ...